Gern

Then he called the Gern a name that five-year-old boys were not supposed to know, with a savagery that five-year-old boys were not supposed to possess.

Space Prison Tom Godwin 1947

Under these circumstances I could not do other than accept the survival terms the Gern commander offered us.

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The study could help doctors better understand why childhood asthma rates have doubled in the past 30 years, says James Gern of the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, who was not involved in the study.

Farm living could arm kids against asthma 2011

Maybe our immune system doesn't work quite as well when these microbes are missing, Gern says.

Farm living could arm kids against asthma 2011

The latest study helps untangle that question by providing evidence that the reduction in risk is indeed significantly related to the variety of bacteria and other bugs a child is exposed to, according to James Gern, a professor of pediatrics and medicine at the University of Wisconsin-Madison who wrote an editorial to accompany the paper in the journal but wasn't involved in the study.

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Though previous studies also have found lower rates of asthma in farm children, the new study provides the strongest details yet about which organisms create that protection — information that could help doctors prevent the disease, Gern says.

Farm living could arm kids against asthma 2011

Michaels and Gern didn't return messages seeking comment.

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Gern, who wrote about the new molecular sleuthing techniques in the September 15 Journal of Infectious Diseases, said his group and others are focusing on why cold viruses make some people very sick and not others.

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"I think the most promise lies in the area of finding immune responses that seem to be protective against these illnesses," Gern said.

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There is even a Gern Blanston website, and for a while there was a rock band that used the name.

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